Lively, scholarly, beautifully illustrated study of the 8 artists who brought a compelling new realism to American painting, 1870 to 1913. Henri, Glackens, Sloan, Luks, 4 more. 142 black-and-white illustrations. Bibliography. Introduction.

Painters of the Ashcan School: The Immortal Eight (Dover Fine Art, History of Art)

Arts & Photography

Perlman, Bennard B.

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Dover Publications

This compelling biography of the founder of the "Ashcan School," traces Henri's life and art from boyhood, his place in the politics of art, and astutely appraises his pivotal role in the transition of American art in the 20th-century. With 79 illustrations, including 21 in full color. 9 black-and-white photographs. Index.

Robert Henri: His Life and Art

Individual Artists

This is the first full-length biography of the artist Arthur B. Davies, who played a major role in twentieth-century American art's coming-of-age. Includes 101 illustrations. This is the first full-length biography of the American artist Arthur B. Davies, who played a major role in twentieth-century American art’s coming-of-age. It was Davies who made possible the landmark exhibitions of The Eight and The Rockwell Kent Independent, and in 1913 he emerged as the mastermind behind the Armory Show, the first large-scale display of European modern art in the United States. Dozens of the country’s best-known collectors purchased their initial avant-garde acquisitions at this show, and U.S. artists, in turn, could no longer be kept in check by the conservative National Academy after viewing works by Duchamp, Matisse, Picasso, and others. Drawing on extensive archival research, including previously unavailable letters and diaries, this book covers the breadth and depth of the artist’s life and career, from his boyhood in Utica in the 1860s; through his close association with such artists and collectors as Robert Henri, John Sloan, Alfred Stieglitz, Lizzie Bliss, and Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; to his death in Italy in 1928 in the company of his mistress, with whom he had lived a secret double life as “David A. Owen” for more than twenty years. Included are 101 color and black-and-white illustrations of Davies’s own work, ranging from romantic dream visions to fragmented cubist forms, as well as photographs depicting his family and friends. Davies, who worked in over twenty different media, was called "one of the foremost artists in this country" and “one of the greatest artists of our time,” and his work is represented in major collections throughout the United States. The illustrations alone, many of works in private collections and available here to the public for the first time, as well as the appended chronology, exhibition checklist, and list of addresses, make this a valuable addition to the library of every art dealer, curator, and student of American art. But equally fascinating is the story of the forces, personalities, and relationships that helped shape the course of twentieth-century American art.

The Lives, Loves, and Art of Arthur B. Davies

Davies, Arthur B.

History & Criticism

State Univ of New York Pr

State University of New York Press

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The immortal eight: American painting from Eakins to the Armory show, 1870-1913

North Light Publishers

Review\nProfessor Perlman characterizes Terlikowski as a true magician, possessing an uncanny ability to manipulate his palette knife with long, flowing movements or staccato dabs. The results-- be they landscapes, still lifes, or portraits-- are a world of original, visual delicacies. Terlikowskis art is on generous display in Perlmans biography. The book contains no fewer than 120 vibrant full-color plates clearly documenting the painters unique style.The pictures give us an opportunity to re-assess and enjoy the work of this presently little-known artist. The book is a fascinating portrait of a colorful and naturally creative personality, who, as Professor Perlman puts it, may be one of the great secrets of the modern art world. Professor Perlman has done art lovers a service by recalling Terlikowskis work to their attention. -- Asheville (NC) Tribune, March 12, 1999

Wladimir de Terlikowski, His Life and Art

Fullington, Martha W.

Oczkowicz, Edyta

Biographies & Memoirs

Brown W Vance

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